Title Just wars and moral victories : surprise, deception and the normative framework of European war in the later Middle Ages / by David Whetham.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (266 pages).
Series	History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; v. 55
	History of warfare ; v. 55.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Metaphysical and moral context -- The role of war as a legal instrument in the Middle Ages -- The epitome of military science -- The works of Geoffroy de Charny -- Froissart : the management of chivalric expectation -- Conclusion.
Summary	By exploring the moral and legal context of medieval strategic thinking, this work explains how the use of surprise and deception could, in certain circumstances, be reconciled with the practise of chivalric warfare.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Military art and science -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
	Europe -- History, Military -- To 1500.
	Surprise (Military science) -- History.
	Deception (Military science) -- History.
	Chivalry -- Europe -- History -- To 1500.
	Middle Ages.
	HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy.
	Chivalry. (OCoLC)fst00858006
	Deception (Military science) (OCoLC)fst00888978
	Middle Ages. (OCoLC)fst01020301
	Military art and science. (OCoLC)fst01020874
	Surprise (Military science) (OCoLC)fst01139533
	Europe. (OCoLC)fst01245064
Chronological Term	To 1500
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
Other Form:	Print version: Whetham, David. Just wars and moral victories. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004171534 (DLC) 2009015146 (OCoLC)313666471
Standard No.	10.1163/ej.9789004171534.i-268 doi
ISBN	9789047424857 (electronic bk.)
	9047424859 (electronic bk.)

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